Jeol Du San a small rocky mountain beside the Han River,this place was a ferry landing called "Yang Hwa Jin" during the Joseon Dynasty.Since the Regent Dae Won Gun used this hill as an execution ground, it became a historic place proving the faith of the korean christians.

During the cruel Byong In persecution of 1866,they used to behead the catholics on the top of the hill and throw their corpses into the Han River.
About 8,000 of catholics had been executed in this way for about 2 years.
After the terrible calamity,people began to call the mountain here "Jeol Du San ' which means Cut-off Head Mountain in english.

But,unfortunately,we know only 31 of the martyrs,for most of them were killed without any form of trial and we have no public record about them.
The memorial of Jeol Du San was erected in 1966 on the occasion of 100th anniversary of the Byong In persecution of 1866.
and The church dedicated to the Martyrs

Holy Father visited here at Juldusan Shines on May 6, 1984 and 103 Korean Martyred Saint canonized at Yoido Gwangjang or Yoido square and one million Catholics gathered here. and Holy Father visited here at Juldusan Shrine on May 3.

 The story surrounding this Boulder is that it was used as a rest-stop by Five-to-be-martyrs when being transferred to Seoul after their capture,and again on their way to the execution site in Boh-Ryung(GalMaeMot), When the guards let the prisoners rest, It is said that Bishop Daveluy quenched his thirst with Makoli(Korean rice wine) while giving encouragements to the members of the faithful.
They were Bishop Daveluy ,Priest Aumaitre,Huin and Suk-Du Hwang,
Joo-Ki,Chang.

              
         The grave of Julia Oda and her life

Augustine Goshini Yukinaga was an army general during the war between Korea and Japan which was initiated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1592.
The general took a 4-year-old looking korean orphan under his care and sent her to be raised by his wife,Justina in Japan.Thus Julia was educated and grew in faith as a foreigner.

In 1600, Hideyoshi was engaged in a power struggle with Tokygawa Ieyasu and lost,and as a result,his staff general,General Yukinaga was executed.
Following this event, being attracted to Julia's beauty and intelligence,Ieyasu took her as a mistress,But Julia made firm her conviction to denounce the plush life her new situation would bring and to follow the ways of the Lord;

"If Ieyasu was to send for me to come to his bedroom chamberlike he does with the other mistress,I would experience no difficulty evading the situation.if this was to be an impossible task,I would rather welcome death"

As the persecution to the catholic grew fierce in 1611,Ieyasu became more persistent in harnessing Julia's heart,but she displayed even a stronger conviction in being faithful to her Lord,and ultimately,Julia was exiled to Ohohshima on Apr 20,1612.She was later transferred to Nieeshima and then to Gochushima, a beautiful Island about 200 KM from Tokyo.

The reason for her being moved about was that wherever her went,peoples were moved by her charisma and they converted to Catholicism,and the local government authorities kept reporting these events to the central government.
After living a life of joyful prayer and teaching the handful of inhabitants at Gochushima Christ's love and how to read and write,Julia died a natural death around 1651.

The Islanders have embraced Julia as their guardian angel for some 330 years,and fresh flowers are always plated around her uniquely Korean tomb monument.

                      
               The Busts of Three Japanese Saints

The busts of these victims of Emperor Hideyoshi's persecution face the shrine and the pilgrim chapel from the western end of the exterior grounds.
St.Paul Ibaraki ,St.Neo(his brother) and St.Ludovico(his 12-year-old son) were martyred on Feb 05,1597 after they were captured in Korea and taken to Japan as prisoners of the Korean-Japanese War.
While in Japan,they entered the Third Order of the Franciscans following their baptisms into the church and led saintly lives,these martyrs from Korea were cannot by Pope Pius IX on Jun 08,1862.
These busts constructed and contributed by the Brothers of ST.Anthony of Third Order of the Franciscans in Deh-Bahng-Dong,Seoul on Jun 1976,as they were captivated by the brotherly love, the unsurpassed conviction of God's love and his Truth,and the unshaking courage of martyrdom displayed by these saints.

SaeNamTeo Shrine

   From the Beginning of Jo Seon Dynasty this site was used as a  military training Ground and as an execution site for major criminals. During the 4 major persecutions of Catholics in Korea " called

   Shin U persecution of 1801

 Gihae persecution of 1839

       Byung Oh persecution of 1846

     Byung In persecution of 1866

many priests and lay peoples gave affirmation to their faith by shedding blood at this site. Father Chu, Moon Mo the one who is first priest in Korea from China and he martyred here in 1801, and First Korean priest Andrew Kim, Tae Gon also martyred here Sep 16,1846.

This was originally a military training camp for soldiers during the time of the Jo Seon Dynasty.
Between 1801 and 1866,ten foreign missionaries and one Korean priest shed their blood here for their faith.
Chinese Father Chu Mun-Mo was the first catholic priest to set foot in this land
His oriental appearance was convenient for working in Korea.
he worked in Korea for six years in spite of severe persecutions,and then the persecution of 1801erupted.

The Korean government had ordered to have Father Chu arrested six month after he entered this country.
But Father Chu was well protected by a devout catholic woman,Wan-Suk Kang and could administer the sacraments to the Korean catholic and he could baptized Lord Unong-gun's wife Song and her daughter-in-law Shin.
In 1801,Government killed many Catholics in order to find Father Chu and his hiding place and helpers

Jung Yak-Chong is the first president of MyungDo Hoe which has been organized by Father Chu as a catechetical also one of the catholic of that area revealed of the Chu's whereabouts even under the threat of death
But Father Chu surrendered himself to the police,because he thought that,if he himself died,many of others could be saved from death.
Father Chu was beheaded here in SaenamTo.It is said that the Korean soldiers watched his body for five days,but it could not be found later.
The Korean Catholics will long remember him for his heroic faith.